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with tail between legs

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with your tail between your legs

if you leave somewhere with your tail between your legs, you leave feeling ashamed and embarrassed because you have failed or made a mistake. The losing team walked off with their tails between their legs.

See also: between, leg, tail

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with one hand tied behind back
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with own fair hands
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with respect to
with strings

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with teacher's/lawyer's hat on
with the best of them
with the best will in the world
wither on the vine
within
within a whisker of
within an inch of life

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With Step Change in Altitude

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with teacher's/lawyer's hat on

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With Teeth (disambiguation)

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With The Beatles

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with the gloves off

with the gloves off

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